Alliances are shifting in Syria as Iran and Turkey try taking advantage of fewer Russian forces (because of the war in Ukraine) Turkey wants an opportunity to invade northern Syria, destroy the Kurdish SDF, and pacify enough territory on the Syrian sid
Turkish President Erdogan is once again frustrating his NATO allies and playing obstructionist This time he is opposing the bids by Finland and Sweden to join NATO To join NATO requires the approval of all NATO nations It is a consensus-run alliance
In Ukraine the most reliable source of information is photographic, especially commercial satellite photos These photos don’t reveal everything because both sides present mostly identical (from the air) combat vehicles, uniforms and other equipmen
Impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are being felt in Iran Massive use of Russian long-range missiles, to make up for a lack of air superiority, has done substantial damage to Ukrainian cities Iran has been producing more ballistic missiles that
Since 2018 the Assad government has regained control over about 80 percent of 2011 Syria The exceptions are most of Idlib province in the northwest and the Kurdish controlled northeast, including Hasaka and parts of Deir Ezzor and Aleppo provinces ISIL